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REPORTS 17Newark Show, Updates from Fellside and the Archivist, Australian Honours, Regalia website, Mkl oil filter FEATURES22 Magnetos: Part 2 - What have you got? - Dai Gibbison does the tour28 Everyone should have one - The oily bits Part 3. Jim Plant continues30 The First Mkl V - John Hannis and the rebuilding of KTT 40134 Ethel Denley - and her attempts to correct Titch Allen. Colin Goodwyn36 A Fighter Pilot's survival guide - a fascinating insight by John Sullivan37 A good read? - Dave Girdler and a history of adjustable spanners
54 Where are they now - including an MOV powered car!

Cover Photo: Nev Miller of Ottawa 'flying the flag' in the Canadian VRRA race series at Calabogie, last July. Photo by Rod Windover (www.rodwindover.ca)

FEATURES23 Benefits of Cleanliness - Richard Boldry has a wash and brush up and discovers something nasty in the woodshed, err, I mean timing cover...24 Oil Pumps - After picking the right oil, Dai Gibbison explains how to keep flowing...30 The Project - Fancy a bespoke cammy? Frank Allinson did, and this is how he went about it... 36 Grand Days of the '50s - Tales of gentlemanly street-racing: Royce Limb 56 Where is it now - Peter Butterworth's 1934 GTP

Cover Photo: 3007? The number of members at the time of going to press. The faces? Those who have supported this achievement by their contributions to Fishtail (and for whom I hold mugshots...). The cube? It's symbolic ... perhaps?

REPORTS19Membership Secretary Roles New exhibit, Fellside Update, Archivist, Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride, Vic Pratley, Bamburgh RunFEATURESWhere are they now? - Four more lost souls - quick, check the shed... 18Ripping Yarns - Dave Blanchard offers some more thoughts on tyres and tubes26Sealing Fork Ends - Where is that fork oil going? Roger Walker decided it was time to sort it out...27Amal Carburetters - Jim Plant introduces a new series exploring the history and use of those grey things that fit behind the cylinder head...28Power! - John Bottomley updates us on his continuing quest and reveals a radical solution...30Now it can be told - The 'Nickel, Green and Steele' test ride was not all it seemed. Jim Reynolds reveals all...32'An Intriguing Velocette' - How Titch Allen reviewed a cammy special created by our President - 50 years ago.3450 years on Velocettes - the final part of Eric Bushell's saga. 39Cover Photo: Mr & Mrs Mickelthwaite and their Viper at Cromer on the 'Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride'- see page 23. Photo: Andy MickelthwaiteEditor: Peter TurnillTel: 07774 649 64431 Constantine Avenue, ChandlersFord, EASTLEIGH S053 2BReditor@velocetteowners.comTrade Ads. Secretary: Eric BushellTel: 07860 812 272'Milestones', 6 Cedar Court, Langley ParkDURHAM DH7 9FGtrade-ads@velocetteowners.com

FEATURES'Girder Forks - Part 3' - Dai Gibbison continues his treatise by 32discussing the removal and replacement of bushes.'The Spherical Radius Mystery' - Peter Woodward shows us some 34pieces we may never have seen before and unravels the mystery - we hope!'A Racing Rickman Framed Velo' - John Carter met the owner of 36 this bike when he was run over by him! Happily he didn't bear a grudge...'Power!' - John Bottomley looks for ways to keep his valves shut and 37discovers that the answer lies in a 'Gold Star'... Surely not?'A Good Read?' - Nick Goodwin finds a book on motorcycle electrics 40 that everyman can understand, perhaps...

Cover Photo: The late Ad Van Eeden from the Netherlands accelerating hard on his "Ralph-Seymour-Hawthorn-Works-Rickman-Thruxton" (perhaps!). See John Carter's article on page 36

Features‘A Thruxton for the Thruxton’- Paul Stewart has his first taste of Castle Combe in a parade 27‘Velo your Garden’ - Tim Hendy describes how a member’s heroism put Velos on prime time TV 28‘Elves in the Chapel’ - we spend a day with VSL 30 A Blue Viper - Have you ever seen one? asks Stephen East 32Crankcase Breathing - The last word from Peter Woodward 33‘Velo Front Brake Adventure’ - Alan Glen makes a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 34‘A Velo in the Family’ - three generations keep repairing the same old bike, despite having bought a steam roller along the way 38Cover Photo: Alan Borthwick at the controls of his Aveling & Porter steam roller admires the MAC owned and restored by 3 generations of his family. See page 38

Cover Photo: Arthur Lavington racing his Mk2 KSS at a MCCHigh Speed Trial probably in the 1950s or early 60s. Arthur'sother racer, his Mk8 KTT, is now safely in the hands of RichardAdams and was used by him as the escort bike for the lunchtimeparade at our race meeting at Lydden this year

Cover Photo: The Chairman's wife Kate sitting on Dick Adams' MK 4KTT, taken after the Alcester Centre's Spring Run. She'slaughing because someone has just pointed out to her that herknees fit the "George Dance" knee grips perfectly."